The effects of spatial population dataset choice on estimates of population at risk of disease

Population Health Metrics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Tatem, Andrew J ^a,b   Campiz, Nicholas ^a   Gething, Peter W ^c   Snow, Robert W ^d,e   Linard, Catherine ^c,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; DATA SET; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH SERVICES; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LOW INCOME POPULATION; MALARIA; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION ESTIMATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

AFRICA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 79551618819     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14787954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-7954-9-4     Document Type: Article

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